Nature in ornament; an enquiry into the natural element in ornamental design & a survey of the ornamental treatment of natural forms (1902)
Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 344
of theOriental, in that onerespect Eastern art ismore consistent by far: detail and its dis-tribution go together, and are one growth,however artificial it may be. The difficultyin adapting comparatively natural forms toartificial growth is very great; only a masterever quite gets over it. I have… … 113. Assyrian rosette. 156 Nahire in Ornament. with a difference; and down to the period ofthe French Revolution, if not indeed of theExhibition of 1851, through all the changeswhich it underwent, we can trace in the scrollthe development, or it may be the degrada-tion, of Classic tradition.…
Decoration and ornament · Nature (Esthetics)
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
